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In another instance a fluid was obtained containing : 



Water . 



Solid constituents . 



Mucin with exudation-cells 



Albumen coagulated by boiling 



Albuminate of soda 



Fat 



Alcohol-extract 



Water-extract 



Fixed salts 



867-57 



132-43 



27-65 



55-70 



30-26 



4-70 



3-52 



2-35 



7-81 



The mucin and exudation-cells were precipitated from the 

 fluid by acetic acid; they were then boiled with alcohol in 

 order to remove any adherent fat, and submitted to ultimate 

 analysis 



They yielded : 



Carbon 

 Hydrogen 

 Nitrogen 

 Oxygen 



55-443 



^ hydrogen, and rather less 

 18'305 I 



19-138- 



"1 A little more nitrogen and 

 I- hydrogen, and rather 1 - 

 j oxygen than protein. 



In the following analyses, 1 and 2 represent the composition 

 of the contents of two other cysts in the same ovary, 3 repre- 

 sents the fluid in another case : 



Water 



Solid constituents 



Albumen 



Albuminate of soda 



Fat, 



Extractive matters 



Salts 



Valentin has analysed a tumour (meliceris) containing a fluid 

 of the consistence of honey, of a dirty yellow colour, devoid 

 of odour, and leaving on evaporation, ll'3g of solid residue, 

 which consisted of, in 100 parts : 



Coagulated albumen . . . 52-49 



Olein and oleate of soda . . 28-50 



Cholesterin . . . . 3-12 



Stearin .... 1-96 



Uncoagulated albumen with a little potash . 9'17 



Lime . . . . 1'88 



Magnesia . . . 0-92 



